The Fourth Industrial Revolution represents a fundamental change in the way we live, work and relate to one another. It is a new chapter in human development, enabled by extraordinary technology advances commensurate with those of the first, second and third industrial revolutions. These advances are merging the physical, digital and biological worlds in ways that create both huge promise and potential peril. The speed, breadth and depth of this revolution is forcing us to rethink how countries develop, how organisations create value and even what it means to be human. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is about more than just technology-driven change; it is an opportunity to help everyone, including leaders, policy-makers and people from all income groups and nations, to harness converging technologies in order to create an inclusive, human-centred future. The real opportunity is to look beyond technology, and find ways to give the greatest number of people the ability to positively impact their families, organisations and communities.
In New Delhi, the World Economic Forum is hosting catalytic conversations around innovation in South Asia.
India now has close to 5 million people entering the workforce every year - and it needs to train them to be relevant for a technology-enabled work environment.
São Paulo's innovative waste management program shows how technology combined with legislation and enforcement could be scaled to solve the world's waste problem.
Artificial intelligence has taken its next leap into the fourth industrial revolution. This robot can predict what scientists will discover, based on the learning they did reading past sc...
Learning agility, resilience and grounded optimism can help us navigate an era of perpetual and constant change.
Commuting, going for a coffee and shopping all bring challenges for the visually impaired. But smart cities could provide automated information points with tactile maps or audio systems d...
Whilst mainly used in the entertainment and gaming industry, VR technology could have practical uses such as for medical professionals and those in dangerous workplace environments.
The bendable battery will allow commercial batteries to be used in flexible electronics and textiles.
A study has proven how solar panels with a lifetime of ten years can open doors to new technologies that previous panels have been unable to do.
It's a fine line trying to maintain citizen privacy when using data. But, Indian cities have identified a model that can maximize both privacy and efficiency.
With artificial intelligence rapidly developing, we now start to consider the negative effects of new technologies, which sci-fi films are already predicting will go terribly.
Boosting India’s already burgeoning start-up environment will help the country address the seemingly inevitable effects of technology on employment by aiding job creation and encouraging ...